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Newspaper

Butler Herald

Location

Butler, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1939

Page

3

Milledgeville Talmadge Rally Planned on Georgia Campus

Milledgeville officials prepare for a crowd of several thousand as ex Governor Talmadge is set to speak Monday afternoon on the Georgia Military College campus. Loudspeakers will relay the address with no radio broadcast planned. Notables expected include H B Edwards Valdosta Herschel Lovett Dublin Randal Evans Jr Thomson Jr R Roughton Eatonton E W Maynard Macon R B Andrews Gray Carlton Mobley Forsyth and Marcia Moate Sparta, some slated to speak.

Milledgeville Talmadge Georgia Military College H. B Ed‘wards Valdosta Herschel Lovett Dublin Randal Evans Jr Thomson, Jr R.’Roughton Eatonton E. W Maynard Macon R. B. Andrews Gray Carlton Mobley Forsyth Marcia Moate Sparta

Farmers Urged To Prep Cotton For Ginning In Georgia

Georgia growers were urged by Bob Stiles of Cartersville and M. J. Meath of Atlanta to prepare cotton carefully for gins. They stressed higher profits from better ginning, warning against weight gains on wet bales and noting shippers must meet government standards. The pair, part of a state program, urged growers to insist on thorough ginning and improved seed to secure a premium.

Georgia Bob Stiles Cartersville M. J. Meath Atlanta Stiles Meath

The Turning Point football origin debate

A historical piece questions who originated football and recalls a surgeon’s name, noting a missing detail. The article hints at a pivotal moment and the struggle to identify the first creator while referencing a medical professional who may have contributed to the sport’s early development.

Keeping Company And Social Quips From A Wartime Chat

A fragmentary dialogue features lines about keeping company with Jane and judging a man by his companions. It includes satire on voting for women and a flirtatious exchange between Percy and Jane. The tone mimics a casual social exchange with humor and irony.

McGee Avers War Depends Upon Allies

Columbus attorney Theo J. McGee, housing authority chair, wrote from Berlin that Europe’s crisis may trigger armageddon. He notes England and France, sees trains of guns, and predicts Poland clashes. Berlin shows massive building while he heads to Holland and Russia to assess the scene.

McGee Columbus Enquirer-Sun England France Theo J. McGee Columbus Columbus Housing Authority Ledger-Enquirer Berlin Paris London Poland Russia Germany Anthony Eden Europe Holland Switzerland Belgium Seigfried Essen Hanover Augusta Nazi Party Ani Hitler Danzig Reich Holand

Georgia to Train Plane Mechanics School in Georgia

Atlanta August 27 D B Lassiter head of the NYA in Georgia announced a new aviation mechanics training school to be built at suburban College Park. The facility will receive 250000 dollars worth of surplus stock from the army and navy air corps and train up to 150 Georgia youths yearly with capacity for 400 students in a national emergency.

Atlanta D. B.lassiter NYA Georgia College Park United States Army Navy Air Corps Lassiter

Prominent Americus Teacher Becomes Dalton High Principal

J D Shepard longtime Americus educator and former Ar thony high school principal has accepted the Dalton high school principalship. He will start duties Monday with wife and two daughters moving to Dalton.

Jack Shepard Americus Dalton School J. D. Shepard Arthony High School Dalton High School

Georgia Press Officials Chosen Prizes Conferred

Calhoun Ga Aug 25 J Roy McGinty editor and publisher of the Calhoun Times was elected president of the Georgia Press Association James R McGinty Jr and Otis Brumby elected officers H M Stanley reelected secretary treasurer Resolutions urged opposition to enlarging the state prison printing plant support for small papers wage hour protections and opposition to free publicity in Georgia papers The editors planned a Rome Georgia convention and Shorter College dormitory housing

Calhoun J. Roy Mel Ginty Calhoun Times Georgia Press Association Jere Moors Milledgeville Otis Brumby Marietta Cobb County Times McGinty H. M. Stanley Atlanta Board of Managers Albert Hardy Gainesville National Editorial Association National Calhoun ‘Times Georgia Atlanta Constitution Berry Rome Shorter College Association Richard H. Rich Mrich’s, Inc

Charing Ladies H D Club Met August 17

The Charing Ladies H D Club met Thursday afternoon August 17 with Mrs Mamie Williamson as hostess. Miss Imogene Dukeay led the program and opened with a hymn and scripture from St Matthew. A short business session followed and the group discussed making a quilt for the orphans home. Mrs R L Garrett invited the next meetings at her home. Duke spoke on conversation and the program closed with a letter from Miss Elton.

Charing Ladies’. H. Dyj Mamie Williamson Imogene Dukeay Bone R. L. Garrett Imogene Duke

Prominent Thom(s) Merchant Dies in Early Morning

Obituary notes the death of a well known local merchant named Thom in the early morning after weeks of illness. The notice provides brief details on the deceased and mentions family ties and funeral arrangements forthcoming.

Oscan Dones Thoms Aston

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